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Do We Need Libraries?
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Do We Need Libraries?
4/28/2015 @ 12:18PM
Steve Denning
Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2015/04/28/do-we-need-libraries/
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Libraries everywhere are under threat. After all, who needs a library
today, when it is possible, without even getting out of bed, to find and
read almost any book or article that has ever been published?
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The disruption begins with products. The smartphone, as Larry Downes and
Paul Nunes explain in their book, Big Bang Disruption, is resulting in a
huge array of products becoming obsolete:
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Address books, video cameras, pagers, wristwatches, maps, books, travel
games, flashlights, home telephones, dictation recorders, cash registers,
Walkmen, Day-Timers, alarm clocks, answering machines, yellow pages,
wallets, keys, phrase books, transistor radios, personal digital
assistants, dashboard navigation systems, remote controls, airline ticket
counters, newspapers and magazines, directory assistance, travel and
insurance agents, restaurant guides and pocket calculators.
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But the disruption isnt limited to products. Whole sectors of commerce are
under threat.
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Physical banks with branches, tellers and checks are being replaced by
online banking with mobile payments and digital wallets.
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Taxis are being replaced by Uber and Lyft.
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Video rental stores like Blockbuster have given way to online streaming by
Netflix and Amazon.
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Against this background, what is the future of libraries? There is no
reason to think that libraries are necessarily immune from the Grim Reaper
of disruption. Do libraries have a future at all?
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Forward-looking libraries are well aware that they need change. But change
in which direction? I see three wrong answers to the future of libraries.
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One wrong path involves merely computerizing existing services. This is a
common mistake with every new technology: applying the new technology to
what is currently being done.
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A second wrong path involves applying the 20th century preoccupation with
efficiency to the organization and merely using computers to reduce costs.
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A third wrong path involves a frantic effort to build apps for
smartphones, without thinking through what the apps will enable users to
do and whether users want that.
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Five Right Approaches For Libraries
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
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